THE STORY OF ISIS. THEY ARE THE GROUP THAT GONNA END THE WORLD AS WELL AS SICKNESS LIKE EBOLA AND OBAMA IS NOT DOING GOOD EITHER IN POLITICAL AND IN HEALTHCARE PROBLEM LIKE SAID. WAKE UP, THIS IS A RE ACTMENT OF PAST RULERS AND COUNTRIES THAT WAS IN DANGER OR WAR. THERE A WAR GOING ON!!! NOT ONLY WITH COUNTRIES. THE ISIS AND FREE MASONS AND EVERYTHING DAT WAS ONCE HIDDEN WILL NOW APPEAR. U MAYBE NOT BELIEVE IN RELIGION, BUT THIS IS WHEN RELIGON WILL NOW APPEAR. LOOK AROUND. SICKNESS THAT CAN BE CURED AND DEATH TOLLS GOING UP. JUST LIKE IN THE BIBLE PAST. WARNINGS ARE BEING GIVEN TO THOSE THAT STILL ALIVE. SO TAKE THEM AND QUICK. BECAUSE JUST LIKE IT THE BIBLE, THE DEVIL IS WINNING AT THE MOMENT BUT WILL LOSE IN THE END. HE KNOWS THIS WELL. SO WELL, HE TRYING TO BRING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DOWN WITH HIM. HE MESS UP WITH GOD. AND HE WANTS YOU 2 MESS UP 2. WHETHER U ARE SMART, DUMB, BIG, OR SMALL. HE IS A BAG OF TRICKS. JUST FROM ONE WHISPER HE COULD CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS. EVERYBODY GOT A WEAKNESS, AND HE BEEN HERE 4 SO LONG, HE KNOWS WHAT. DONT EAT THE APPLE OR U WILL DIE. IM NOT SAYING THIS TO SCARE OR GET LIKES OR ANYTHING. I JUST TRYING TO SHOW THE TRUTH, SO PEOPLE SOULS COULD BE SET FREE!!!!! PLEASE DEAD SERIOUS, AT LEAST TRY. BECAUSE EVEN IN THE BIBLE, IT SAY U HAVE TO COMMIT SIN BECAUSE ADAM AND EVE MISTAKE. BUT U MUST NOT PURSUE IT . U FEEL ME? U HEAR ME? DO U SMELL WHAT GOING AROUND? DONT U CLEARLY SEE? DONT U SADLY TASTE THE EVIL? IT IS THERE AND WAS MEANT TO BE HIDDEN. SO NOBODY COULD SEEK. BUT IM A SEEKER, NOT TO SHOW OFF, BECAUSE THEY ARE A LOT OF SEEKERS IN THIS WORLD. BE A SEEKER!!! BECAUSE THE DEVIL SEEK AND ALSO DESTROYS. ONCE U CLOSE YOUR EYES, HIS EYE IS STILL OPEN. THIS WHY A LOT OF FREE MASON STUFF DEALS WITH THE EYE? PEOPLE THINKS SEEING IS BELIEVE? DONT MAKE THIS STUPID MISTAKE!!! THIS IS ONE OF THE DEVIL, FAVORITE ONE!!! THIS IS THE TIME TO BELIEVE, PLEASE!!! GOD IS GETTING MAD. PEOPLE IS PURSUING SINS AND NOT PURSUE HIM. ( A LITTLE BIT OF SAD POETRY) THE DEVIL HAS TONS OF TRICKS. BELOW IS ALSO ONE OF HIS TRICK. HE MAKES PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE PAST, OF OTHER GODS. SO HE CAN MAKES THEM FEEL HIGH AND MIGHTY. THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD !!!! HE KNOWS TRUTH DAT OTHERS DONT, AND THROW IT IN OTHER FAKE RELIGION TO CAUSE CONFUSION. BECAUSE U ARE CONFUSE, HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO. IF U HAVE ANY TYPE OF QUESTION AT ALL, TEXT ME ( JUST 4 DAT, IM SERIOUS IN THESE MATTERS) AND LETS US NOT TALK ABOUT HORUS !!! BUT DAT ANOTHER STORY Isis (/ˈaɪsɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ἶσις; original Egyptian pronunciation more likely Aset or Iset) is a goddess from the polytheistic pantheon of Egypt. She was first worshiped in Ancient Egyptian religion, and later her worship spread throughout the Roman empire and the greater Greco-Roman world. Isis is still widely worshiped by many pagans today in diverse religious contexts; including a number of distinct pagan religions, the modern Goddess movement, and interfaith organizations such as the Fellowship of Isis. Isis was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans and the downtrodden, but she also listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats and rulers.[1] Isis is often depicted as the mother of Horus, the falcon-headed deity associated with king and kingship (although in some traditions Horuss mother was Hathor). Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children. The name Isis means Throne.[2] Her headdress is a throne. As the personification of the throne, she was an important representation of the pharaohs power. The pharaoh was depicted as her child, who sat on the throne she provided. Her cult was popular throughout Egypt, but her most important temples were at Behbeit El-Hagar in the Nile delta, and, beginning in the reign with Nectanebo I (380–362 BCE), on the island of Philae in Upper Egypt. In the typical form of her myth, Isis was the first daughter of Geb, god of the Earth, and Nut, goddess of the Sky, and she was born on the fourth intercalary day. She married her brother, Osiris, and she conceived Horus with him. Isis was instrumental in the resurrection of Osiris when he was murdered by Set. Using her magical skills, she restored his body to life after having gathered the body parts that had been strewn about the earth by Set.[3] This myth became very important during the Greco-Roman period. For example it was believed that the Nile River flooded every year because of the tears of sorrow which Isis wept for Osiris. Osiriss death and rebirth was relived each year through rituals. The worship of Isis eventually spread throughout the Greco-Roman world, continuing until the suppression of paganism in the Christian era.[4] The popular motif of Isis suckling her son Horus, however, lived on in a Christianized context as the popular image of Mary suckling the infant son Jesus from the fifth century onward.[5] Contents [hide] 1 Etymology 2 Principal features of the cult 2.1 Origins 2.2 Classical Egyptian period 2.3 Temples and priesthood 3 Iconography 3.1 Associations 3.2 Depictions 4 Mythology 4.1 Sister-wife to Osiris 4.2 Mother of Horus 4.3 Magic 5 Greco-Roman world 5.1 Interpretatio graeca 5.2 Isis in the Roman Empire 5.3 Greco-Roman temples 5.4 Late antiquity 6 Notes 7 References 7.1 Primary sources 7.2 Secondary sources 8 External links Etymology[edit] Q1 t B1 OR Q1 X1 H8 Isis in hieroglyphs The Greek name version of Isis is surprisingly close to her original, Egyptian name spelling (namely Aset). Isis name was originally written with the signs of a throne seat (Gardiner sign Q1, pronounced as or is), a bread loaf (Gardiner sign X1, pronounced t or tj) and with an unpronounced determinative of a sitting woman. A second version of the original was also written with the throne seat and the bread loaf, but ended with an egg symbol (Gardiner sign H8) which was normally read set, but here it was used as a determinative to promote the correct reading. Interestingly, the grammar, spelling and used signs of Isis name never changed during time in any way, making it easy to recognize her any time.[6] However, the symbolic and metaphoric meaning of Isis name remains unclear. The throne seat sign in her name might point to a functional role as a goddess of kingship, as the maternal protector of the ruling king. Thus, her name could mean she of the kings throne. But all other Egyptian deities have names that point to clear cosmological or nature elemental roles (Râ = the sun; Maat = justice and world order), thus the name of Isis shouldnt be connected to the king himself.[6] The throne seat symbol might alternatively point to a meaning as throne-mother of the gods, making her the highest and most powerful goddess before all other gods. But this in turn would supply a very old existence of Isis, long before her first mentioning during the late Old Kingdom. But this remains unproven, as already mentioned.[6] A third possible meaning might be hidden in the egg-symbol, that was also used in Isis name. The egg-symbol always represented motherhood, implying a maternal role of Isis. Her name could mean mother goddess, pointing to her later, mythological role as the mother of Horus. But this remains problematic, too: the initial mother-goddess of Horus was Hathor, not Isis.[6] Principal features of the cult[edit] Origins[edit] Isis depicted with outstretched wings (wall painting, c. 1360 BCE) Most Egyptian deities were first worshipped by very local cults, and they retained those local centres of worship even as their popularity spread, so that most major cities and towns in Egypt were known as the home of a particular deity. However, the origins of the cult of Isis are very uncertain. In fact, Egyptologists such as Maria Münster[7] and Jan Assmann[8] point to the lack of archaeological evidences for a goddess Isis before the time of the late Old Kingdom of Egypt.[7] The first secure references to Isis date back to the 5th dynasty. Her name appears for the first time in the sun temple of king Niuserre and on a statue of an priest named Pepi-Ankh, who worshipped at the very beginning of 6th dynasty and bore the title high priest of Isis and Hathor.[7] Classical Egyptian period[edit] Isis nursing Horus (Louvre) During the Old Kingdom period, Isis was represented as the wife or assistant to the deceased pharaoh. Thus she had a funerary association, her name appearing over eighty times in the pharaohs funereal texts (the Pyramid Texts). This association with the pharaohs wife is consistent with the role of Isis as the spouse of Horus, the god associated with the pharaoh as his protector, and then later as the deification of the pharaoh himself. But in addition, Isis was also represented as the mother of the four sons of Horus, the four deities who protected the canopic jars containing the pharaohs internal organs. More specifically, Isis was viewed as the protector of the liver-jar-deity, Imsety.[9] By the Middle Kingdom period, as the funeral texts began to be used by members of Egyptian society other than the royal family, the role of Isis as protector also grew, to include the protection of nobles and even commoners.[citation needed] By the New Kingdom period, in many places, Isis was more prominent than her spouse. She was seen as the mother of the pharaoh, and was often depicted breastfeeding the pharaoh. It is theorized that this displacement happened through the merging of cults from the various cult centers as Egyptian religion became more standardized.[citation needed] When the cult of Ra rose to prominence, with its cult center at Heliopolis, Ra was identified with the similar deity, Horus. But Hathor had been paired with Ra in some regions, as the mother of the god. Since Isis was paired with Horus, and Horus was identified with Ra, Isis began to be merged with Hathor as Isis-Hathor. By merging with Hathor, Isis became the mother of Horus, as well as his wife. Eventually the mother role displaced the role of spouse. Thus, the role of spouse to Isis was open and in the Heliopolis pantheon, Isis became the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus/Ra. This reconciliation of themes led to the evolution of the myth of Isis and Osiris.[9] Temples and priesthood[edit] Temple of Isis at Philae. The Court. 1893. Wilbour Library of Egyptology, Brooklyn Museum Philae, Egypt. Temple of Isis., n.d. Brooklyn Museum Archives Philae. Temple of Isis. Columns., n.d. Brooklyn Museum Archives Philae. Temple of Isis., n.d., Brooklyn Museum Archives In Egypt, Isis would have received the same sort of rituals as other Egyptian Deities, including daily offerings. She was served by both priests and priestesses throughout the history of her cult. By the Greco-Roman era, many of her priests and priestesses had a reputation for wisdom and healing, and were said to have other special powers, including dream interpretation and the ability to control the weather, which they did by braiding or not combing their hair.[citation needed] The latter was believed because the Egyptians considered knots to have magical powers. The cult of Isis and Osiris continued up until the 6th century CE on the island of Philae in Upper Nile. The Theodosian decree (in about 380 CE) to destroy all pagan temples was not enforced there until the time of Justinian. This toleration was due to an old treaty made between the Blemyes-Nobadae and the emperor Diocletian. Every year they visited Elephantine and at certain intervals took the image of Isis up river to the land of the Blemyes for oracular purposes before returning it. Justinian sent Narses to destroy the sanctuaries, with the priests being arrested and the divine images taken to Constantinople.[10] Philae was the last of the ancient Egyptian temples to be closed. Iconography[edit] Associations[edit] V39 tyet Knot of Isis in hieroglyphs Due to the association between knots and magical power, a symbol of Isis was the tiet or tyet (meaning welfare/life), also called the Knot of Isis, Buckle of Isis, or the Blood of Isis, which is shown to the right. In many respects the tyet resembles an ankh, except that its arms point downward, and when used as such, seems to represent the idea of eternal life or resurrection. The meaning of Blood of Isis is more obscure, but the tyet often was used as a funerary amulet made of red wood, stone, or glass, so this may simply have been a description of the appearance of the materials used.[11][12][13] The star Sopdet (Sirius) is associated with Isis. The appearance of the star signified the advent of a new year and Isis was likewise considered the goddess of rebirth and reincarnation, and as a protector of the dead. The Book of the Dead outlines a particular ritual that would protect the dead, enabling travel anywhere in the underworld, and most of the titles Isis holds signify her as the goddess of protection of the dead. Depictions[edit] Isis nursing Horus, wearing the headdress of Hathor. In art, originally Isis was pictured as a woman wearing a long sheath dress and crowned with the hieroglyphic sign for a throne. Sometimes she is depicted as holding a lotus, or, as a sycamore tree. One pharaoh, Thutmose III, is depicted in his tomb as nursing from a sycamore tree that had a breast. After she assimilated many of the roles of Hathor, Isiss headdress is replaced with that of Hathor: the horns of a cow on her head, with the solar disk between them, and often with her original throne symbol atop the solar disk. Sometimes she also is represented as a cow, or with a cows head. She is often depicted with her young child, Horus (the pharaoh), with a crown, and a vulture. Occasionally she is represented as a kite flying above the body of Osiris or with the dead Osiris she works her magic to bring him back to life. Most often Isis is seen holding an ankh, the sign for life and a simple lotus staff, but in late images she is sometimes seen with items usually associated with Hathor, the sacred sistrum rattle and the fertility-bearing menat necklace. In The Book of Coming Forth By Day Isis is depicted standing on the prow of the Solar Barque with her arms outstretched.[1] Mythology[edit] Sister-wife to Osiris[edit] Isis Nursing Horus,[14] the Walters Art Museum. During the Old Kingdom period, the pantheons of individual Egyptian cities varied by region. During the 5th dynasty, Isis entered the pantheon of the city of Heliopolis. She was represented as a daughter of Nut and Geb, and sister to Osiris, Nephthys, and Set. The two sisters, Isis and Nephthys, often were depicted on coffins, with wings outstretched, as protectors against evil. As a funerary deity, she was associated with Osiris, lord of the underworld, and was considered his wife. Rare terracotta image of Isis lamenting the loss of Osiris (eighteenth dynasty) Musée du Louvre, Paris A later myth, when the cult of Osiris gained more authority, tells the story of Anubis, the god of the underworld. The tale describes how Nephthys was denied a child by Set and disguised herself as her twin, Isis, to seduce him. The plot succeeded resulting in the birth of Anubis. In fear of Sets retribution, Nephthys persuaded Isis to adopt Anubis, so that Set would not find out and kill the child. The tale describes both why Anubis is seen as an underworld deity (he becomes the adopted son of Osiris), and why he could not inherit Osiriss position (as he was not actually the son of Osiris but his brother Set), neatly preserving Osiriss position as lord of the underworld. The most extensive account of the Isis-Osiris story known today is Plutarchs Greek description written in the 1st century CE, usually known under its Latin title De Iside et Osiride.[15] In that version, Set held a banquet for Osiris in which he brought in a beautiful box and said that whoever could fit in the box perfectly would get to keep it. Set had measured Osiris in his sleep and made sure that he was the only one who could fit the box. Several tried to see whether they fit. Once it was Osiriss turn to see if he could fit in the box, Set closed the lid on him so that the box was now a coffin for Osiris. Set flung the box in the Nile so that it would drift far away. Isis went looking for the box so that Osiris could have a proper burial. She found the box in a tree in Byblos, a city along the Phoenician coast, and brought it back to Egypt, hiding it in a swamp. But Set went hunting that night and found the box. Enraged, Set chopped Osiriss body into fourteen pieces and scattered them all over Egypt to ensure that Isis could never find Osiris again for a proper burial.[16][17] Isis and her sister Nephthys went looking for these pieces, but could only find thirteen of the fourteen. Fish had swallowed the last piece, his phallus. She created a golden phallus, with the help of Thoth, and attached it to Osiris’s body. She then transformed into a kite and with the aid of Thoth’s magic conceived Horus the Younger. The number of pieces is described on temple walls variously as fourteen and sixteen, and occasionally forty-two, one for each nome or district.[17] Mother of Horus[edit] Yet another set of late myths detail the adventures of Isis after the birth of Osiriss posthumous son, Horus. Isis was said to have given birth to Horus at Khemmis, thought to be located on the Nile Delta.[18] Many dangers faced Horus after birth, and Isis fled with the newborn to escape the wrath of Set, the murderer of her husband. In one instance, Isis heals Horus from a lethal scorpion sting; she also performs other miracles in relation to the cippi, or the plaques of Horus. Isis protected and raised Horus until he was old enough to face Set, and subsequently, became the pharaoh of Egypt. Magic[edit] It was said that Isis tricked Ra into telling her his secret name by causing a snake to bite him, the antidote to whose venom only Isis possessed. Knowing his secret name thus gave her power over him. The use of secret names became central in many late Egyptian magic spells. By the late Egyptian historical period, after the occupations by the Greeks and the Romans, Isis became the most important and most powerful deity of the Egyptian pantheon because of her magical skills. Magic is central to the entire mythology of Isis, arguably more so than any other Egyptian deity. Isis had a central role in Egyptian magic spells and ritual, especially those of protection and healing. In many spells her powers are merged with those of her son Horus. His power accompanies hers whenever she is invoked. In Egyptian history the image of a wounded Horus became a standard feature of Isiss healing spells, which typically invoked the curative powers of Isis milk.[19] Greco-Roman world[edit] Interpretatio graeca[edit] Isis (seated right) welcoming the Greek heroine Io as she is borne into Egypt on the shoulders of the personified Nile, as depicted in a Roman wall painting from Pompeii Using the comparative methodology known as interpretatio graeca, the Greek historian Herodotus (5th century BCE) described Isis by comparison with the Greek goddess Demeter, whose mysteries at Eleusis offered initiates guidance in the afterlife and a vision of rebirth. Herodotus says that Isis was the only goddess worshiped by all Egyptians alike.[20] Terracotta figure of Isis-Aphrodite from Ptolemaic Egypt After the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great and the Hellenization of the Egyptian culture initiated by Ptolemy I Soter, Isis became known as Queen of Heaven.[21] Other Mediterranean goddesses, such as Demeter, Astarte, and Aphrodite, became identified with Isis, as was the Arabian goddess Al-Ozza or Al-Uzza (العُزّى al ȝozza) through a similarity of name, since etymology was thought to reveal the essential or primordial nature of the thing named.[22] An alabaster statue of Isis from the 3rd century BCE, found in Ohrid, in the Republic of Macedonia, is depicted on the obverse of the Macedonian 10 denar banknote, issued in 1996.[23] Isis in the Roman Empire[edit] Roman Isis holding a sistrum and oinochoe and wearing a garment tied with a characteristic knot, from the time of Hadrian (117–138 CE) Tacitus writes that after the assassination of Julius Caesar, a temple in honour of Isis had been decreed, but was suspended by Augustus as part of his program to restore traditional Roman religion. The emperor Caligula, however, was open to Eastern religions, and the Navigium Isidis, a procession in honor of Isis, was established in Rome during his reign.[24] According to the Jewish historian Josephus, Caligula donned female garb and took part in the mysteries he instituted. Vespasian, along with Titus, practised incubation in the Roman Iseum. Domitian built another Iseum along with a Serapeum. In a relief on the Arch of Trajan in Rome, the emperor appears before Isis and Horus, presenting them with votive offerings of wine.[24] Hadrian decorated his villa at Tibur with Isiac scenes. Galerius regarded Isis as his protector.[25] Ruins of the Temple of Isis in Delos The religion of Isis thus spread throughout the Roman Empire during the formative centuries of Christianity. Wall paintings and objects reveal her pervasive presence at Pompeii, preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. In Rome, temples were built and obelisks erected in her honour. In Greece, the cult of Isis was introduced to traditional centres of worship in Delos, Delphi, Eleusis and Athens, as well as in northern Greece. Harbours of Isis were to be found on the Arabian Sea and the Black Sea. Inscriptions show followers in Gaul, Spain, Pannonia, Germany, Arabia, Asia Minor, Portugal and many shrines even in Britain.[26] Tacitus interprets a goddess among the Germanic Suebi as a form of Isis whose symbol (signum) was a ship.[27] Bruce Lincoln regards the identity of this Germanic goddess as elusive.[28] The Greek antiquarian Plutarch wrote a treatise on Isis and Osiris,[29] a major source for Imperial theology concerning Isis.[15] Plutarch describes Isis as a goddess exceptionally wise and a lover of wisdom, to whom, as her name at least seems to indicate, knowledge and understanding are in the highest degree appropriate... . The statue of Athena in Sais was identified with Isis, and according to Plutarch was inscribed I am all that has been, and is, and shall be, and my robe no mortal has yet uncovered.[30] At Sais, however, the patron goddess of the ancient cult was Neith, many of whose traits had begun to be attributed to Isis during the Greek occupation. The Roman writer Apuleius recorded aspects of the cult of Isis in the 2nd century CE, including the Navigium Isidis, in his novel The Golden Ass. The protagonist Lucius prays to Isis as Regina Caeli, Queen of Heaven: You see me here, Lucius, in answer to your prayer. I am nature, the universal Mother, mistress of all the elements, primordial child of time, sovereign of all things spiritual, queen of the dead, queen of the ocean, queen also of the immortals, the single manifestation of all gods and goddesses that are, my nod governs the shining heights of Heavens, the wholesome sea breezes. Though I am worshipped in many aspects, known by countless names ... the Egyptians who excel in ancient learning and worship call me by my true name...Queen Isis.[31] Isis in black and white marble (Roman, 2nd century CE) According to Apuleius, these other names include manifestations of the goddess as Ceres, the original nurturing parent; Heavenly Venus (Venus Caelestis); the sister of Phoebus, that is, Diana or Artemis as she is worshipped at Ephesus; or Proserpina (Greek Persephone) as the triple goddess of the underworld.[32] From the middle Imperial period, the title Caelestis, Heavenly or Celestial, is attached to several goddesses embodying aspects of a single, supreme Heavenly Goddess. The Dea Caelestis was identified with the constellation Virgo (the Virgin), who holds the divine balance of justice. Greco-Roman temples[edit] On the Greek island of Delos a D
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